Can Big Feel Small?

frank@moviechurch.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0100

Dave Treat recently posted about a video that Bill Search did with the gang at Southeast Christian Church. If your church is larger than 100 then you are already larger than 99% of churches in the US. As a church gets larger sometimes people feel missed, uncared for, or lost in the crowd. In the video linked below Bill talks about how their church wants to help "big" feel "small." Click and take a look.

Small Groups 2.0 - Social Networking For Social Groups

frank@moviechurch.com — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Does your small group ministry take advantage of all that the web has to offer? Are you utilizing all of the functionality of Web 2.0? In order for us to dig deeper into how the web can enhance your small group ministry experience we first should define what Web 2.0 is. Here is how Wikipedia defines it:

Web 2.0 is a term describing a trend in [...]

Small Group Ministry Structure

frank@moviechurch.com — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:00:00 +0100

How do you structure your small group ministry? Bill Donahue recently wrote on the topic of place based community,

Another approach is an organized network of groups for spiritual growth within the broader geographic context. Many churches are using a small group structure but organized geographically. These include affinity groups, serving teams, meal groups, recovery, bible studies, etc. Without such a clearly integrated group network (as opposed to simply allowing small groups to for [...]

Getting Ready For Your Group

frank@moviechurch.com — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:00:00 +0100

How do you prepare for your small group meeting? I recently found another small group blog by Jim Egli called Small Group Confessions (while I was browsing some articles from Dan Lentz). In a recent post he described his preperation process:

This may not be very exciting but I thought I'd tell you how I get ready for small group. I have an old flimsy nylon briefcase that is my small group briefcase. I keep my small group stuff in it. Right now it has songsheet [...]

The Future of Small Groups

frank@moviechurch.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Small Groups in the context of church ministry will always exist. However, how churches and Christians express group life will always be in a state of change. Culture, church administration, leadership, and other factors will constantly maintain an influence how we express our faith and spur each other on in spiritual growth [...]

Inspiration - Fires in California

frank@moviechurch.com — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Rick Warren recently sent out an email where he writes about some observations he has had about his church, small groups, and the fires in California. Here is a piece of what he wrote:

As the fires have raged this week, I've once again seen the undeniable importance and benefit of being a part of a small group. While people without a church home or a small group w [...]

Group Life Conference - Will Miller

frank@moviechurch.com — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:17:23 +0100

The main session today was hilarious. Will Miller was the main speaker that spoke about the need for connection in American culture since it is becoming more and more relationally depreived. Here is Will's profile from the Willow Creek site: Will Miller is a psychotherapist, ordained minister, and hospital and police chaplain. He has worked in community mental health centers and drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and has served as a spokesman for the National Institute of Mental Health [...]

Group Life Conference - Bill Donahue and Henry Cloud

frank@moviechurch.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:54:50 +0100

Session two was also very good. I have seen these two gentlemen do their thing on CCN in the Groups That Grow series and they brought that right to the stage at the Group Life Conference this morning. They have challenged our leaders in four ways:
Create a safe environment - people will keep coming when they feel safe and they will begin to shareBe authentic - When people feel safe they start to share in an authentic wayOffer help - asking for and offering help can be a point of [...]

Group Life Conference - Scot McKnight

frank@moviechurch.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:34:15 +0100

I just completed our opening session at the Group Life Conference and Scott McKnight just gave the opening teaching. He is the author of a book called The Jesus Creed and he really casted a vision for a transformation in group ministry that is needed. He started by sharing a phrase t [...]

Group Life Conference - Arrival

frank@moviechurch.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:22:36 +0100

We departed Philadelphia at 3pm and arrived in Chicago ahead of schedule. The team had a great time on the way to the LaQuinta Inn from the airport. I plugged in my Zune which was loaded with music and brought everyone back to their childhood playing a music guessing game with classic TV themes. It passed the van ride quickly.

We have a great group that is eager to learn and really loves what God is doing in our church. After checking in we buzzed over the [...]

Kids' Camp

frank@moviechurch.com — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:57:10 +0100

This week is Kids' Camp at our church so I have been consumed by our children's ministry along with the rest of our staff and volunteers.

One thing that is wonderful about a healthy small group ministry is that it is a vehicle for communicating, advertising, and recruiting volunteers for big events. Events like Kids' Camp. The many great group members at our church volunteerin multiple areas and many have jumped in to make our camp happen. I LOVE IT!

If you woul [...]

Use The People Around You!

frank@moviechurch.com — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:58:15 +0100

Sometimes your best resources are right in your church! Bob, who is becoming a good friend of mine, is a gentleman I met at our church about a year and a half ago through friends at church. Everyone who had spent some time with him said that I had to meet him because he might be a great Home Team (small group) leader. After spending some time with him I learned he had a wealth of experience I could learn from. Plus after getting to know Bob I quickly found out that he wanted to be used by God in [...]

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